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By Guy Jacobson
Answer: FIND A FOURTH

Each puzzle answer consists of 13 letters that are one letter away from forming a winning mahjong hand. (A winning mahjong hand consists of four melds of 3 tiles/letters and one pair of tiles/letters; a meld can consist of three of a kind or of a straight of three consecutive tiles/letters. So, for instance, MIDDLE KINGDOM gives DDD, EG, II, KLM, and MNO; add an F to form a winning hand.) Take the letter that can be added to each answer to give a winning hand, and the resulting letters spell the answer FIND A FOURTH.

Answer Melds Added Letter
MIDDLE KINGDOMDDD, EG, II, KLM, MNOF
FANTASMAGORIEAAA, EFG, I, MNO, RSTI
FIGHTING IRISHFGH, GHI, III, N, RSTN
CRANIOGRAPHERAA, CE, GHI, NOP, RRRD
TONIGHT AT NOONA, GHI, NNN, OOO, TTTA
BANK OF JAMAICAAAA, ABC, F, IJK, MNOF
PEDIATRICIANSAA, CDE, III, NP, RSTO
NEVER FORGET MEEEE, EFG, MNO, RR, TVU
BE OF GOOD CHEERBCD, EEE, FGH, OOO, RR
NIL SINE NUMINEEE, III, LMN, NNN, SUT
QUOTA SAMPLINGAA, GI, LMN, OPQ, STUH